Cracked wheat,
Ground beef,
Onions, peppers, tomatoes.
Food from the old country.
Food of my people.
Farmers, merchants, textile artists
Fight oppression for 1,500 years.
Forced out in 1915
Bringing the food with them.
Growing up in the Depression
They still found ways
To preserve our heritage
Through church,
And through food.
Now that we are
Under attack again
I try to continue
To keep attached
To my roots
So I can say
With pride
“Ես հայ եմ”
Matthew Kibarian
Matthew Kibarian, a member of the Providence Kibarian family, is a native of Silicon Valley and currently a junior in high school. He is a graduate of the Anahid Nalvarian Armenian School at his home church of St. Andrew’s in Cupertino, California.
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